Hey Chick Double Z Fold Card

 

I've been dying to try a Double Z Fold card with my Hey Chick Bundle so I worked on one over the weekend. I was kicking myself for not getting the Hey Birthday Chick Bundle too, because then i would have had fence dies as well, but I managed well with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder and the Banners Pick a Punch to make the fence posts, and I ended up with a sturdier construction with that.

This will be completed today in my Monday Morning Live Facebook Live video at 11 am PDT on my Playing with Papercrafting Facebook page, so you're welcome to pop by and watch how to make a double z fold card. It's more simple than it looks.

             

• The base is a piece of Just Jade cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2" along the 11" side. It is folded back then forward again, using the bone folder to burnish each score line, and keeping the sides even.
• The other z fold is a piece of Crumb Cake cut at 1 1/2" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2", folded in half and spritzed lightly with water and run through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine in the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. Then it is cut back to 1" and the 1/2" left over piece is used to make the fence posts, while the 1" piece is scored additionally at 2 3/4" along the 11" side. I cut another piece of the embossed Crumb Cake at 5/8" x 3 3/4" and score at 1/2" from either end to use as a middle mounting piece.
• The sky is a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock, cut at 2 1/2" x 11" and scored at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2" along the 11" side. It is folded in the z fold and then the bottom is cut in one long concave arch from one corner to the next, which creates two hills on the opened card.
• To glue it into the card, I cut up the 5 1/2" score line and glued in the two pieces separately, so that they didn't pull away from the edges too much when the card was bent.
• The Banners Pick a Punch was used to create the fence posts by inserting the end of the 1/2" Crumb Cake strip into it and punching the end into a point, then cutting it at 2 1/2" long and repeating for 4 more posts.

• From a piece of Garden Green cardstock 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", backed with an Adhesive Sheet, I die cut 5 corn stocks and 10 husks for the corn cobs.
• From a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock 2 3/4" x 6", backed with an Adhesive Sheet as well, I die cut a chicken coop, 12 corn cobs and one die of grain.
• From a scrap piece of Early Espresso I die cut a stump and from some leftover Crumb Cake I die cut the sign.
• I stamped all three chickens and the walking egg stamp on Basic White cardstock, coloured them in with Stampin' Blends Markers, then die cut them.
• Then everything was assembled as shown above and in the video.

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Product List

Hey Chick Cling Stamp Set (English) [158190] $23.00	Hey Chick Bundle (English) [158627] $60.25	Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457] $33.00	Just Jade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153079] $12.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $12.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $12.00	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $12.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $12.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $12.00	Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153105] $12.00
Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $12.00	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $12.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $12.00	Banners Pick A Punch [153608] $31.00	Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder [152320] $13.50
Chick Dies [158199] $44.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Simply Scored [122334] $41.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.25
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Pop of Paradise Double Z Fold Card

There is a big difference between Americans and Canadians and I don't think that difference will ever be reconciled. It is regarding the last letter of the alphabet. You see, Americans pronounce it "zee" to rhyme with "bee" and "cee" and "dee", while we Canadians, for no good reason that I can see, except to be cantankerous, pronounce it "zed" to rhyme with "head" and with no other letter in the alphabet at all. But cling to this pronunciation we do, with fervour, and we have even been known to try to convert the odd American to our way of speaking. (But I must secretly admit, when no other Canadians are listening, that really the American way makes much more sense!)

All this to introduce my card for today, which is a Double Z fold card (pronounced Du-bul-zed-fold)! I've been seeing a lot of these lately and since I'm doing some Fancy Fold techniques for my Technique Night classes, I thought it was the ideal time to try one out. I got out my Pop of Paradise stamp set and had some fun.

• Really, a Double Z fold card is very simple. You cut half a piece of cardstock the long way, 4 1/4" x 11", and score it at 5 1/2" as usual, but also at 2 3/4". Then you fold it forward on the 5 1/2" score line and backward on the 2 3/4" to form the Z.  You also take a 1 1/8" x 11" strip of cardstock and score it and fold it exactly the same way, but then you turn it upside down and attach it to the card base so that the z fold is on the right instead of on the left. You would usually decorate the card base before attaching the strip.
• I used some Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper to decorate the back panel and it has a very tropical look even though it's not meant to be, don't you think? The pinks and oranges and greens give that impression, especially when paired with the Gold Foil Sheets as backing.
• Except for the flamingo on the front panel all the other images and sentiments, all from Pop of Paradise, are embossed in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. The Hello is punched out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and the "A Very Special Day" is die cut with the Tags and Labels framelits. Don't you just love the gold embossed pineapples?
• I used the Botanical Builder Framelits to add some real tropical-looking blooms to the project.

Here's how it looks closed up to fit into a regular envelope quite nicely!

And another view, to see more of the inside.

Give it a try. It's easy and fun!

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Product List

Pop Of Paradise Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141578]	Pop Of Paradise Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141581]	Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper [141660]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141417]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Metallic Enamel Shapes [141678]	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850]
Tags & Labels Framelits Dies [138282]	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625]	Big Shot [143263]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]